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The '''Commemorative Air Force''' ('''CAF'''), formerly known as the '''Confederate Air Force''',<ref name=apnewsren>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/206e1160ccf4795edf70eb707f4801c6 |publisher=Associated Press |title=Confederate Air Force may rename |date=November 18, 2000 |access-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=March 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318053934/https://apnews.com/206e1160ccf4795edf70eb707f4801c6 |url-status=live }}</ref> is an American [[non-profit organization]] based in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], that preserves and shows historical aircraft at [[Air show|airshow]]s, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.

The CAF has about 13,000 members, more than 70 chapters, and more than 170 aircraft,<ref name=CAFMain>{{cite web |title=OUR HISTORY & MISSION |url=https://commemorativeairforce.org/pages/About-the-CAF |website=Commemorative Air Force |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720005929/https://www.commemorativeairforce.org/pages/About-the-CAF |url-status=live }}</ref> including the world's largest collection of airworthy [[warbird]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=MEMBERSHIP |url=https://commemorativeairforce.org/pages/CAF%20membership |website=Commemorative Air Force |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=July 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708065515/https://commemorativeairforce.org/pages/CAF%20membership |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
The origin of the Commemorative Air Force is the organization called the "Confederate Air Corps" created by Oscar Harper in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1953.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrow |first1=Thomas |title=Oscar Does a Big Business with Confederate Commissions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/372890166 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=1 February 1956 |page=6}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2024|reason=Reference does not establish a link with the modern day organization.}} Led by the fictional character "Thaddeus P. Throckmorton" and his recruiting officer "Jethro Culpepper", the CAC established several features that later became key characteristics of the CAF: folksy, tongue-in-cheek [[Culture of the Southern United States|southern]] humor; a membership structure based on each member having the equal rank of colonel; and a rallying cry of "''Semper, Mint Julep''" ("Always [[Mint Julep]]").

[[File:North American P-51D Mustang, Commemorative Air Force JP7185281.jpg|thumb|right|The P-51D "Red Nose" was the first airplane of the CAF.]]

In 1957, Lloyd Nolen and four friends purchased a [[P-51 Mustang]] called "Red Nose", splitting the $1,500 cost.<ref>[http://commemorativeairforce.org/?page=cms/index&cms_page=122 "CAF History."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724203056/http://commemorativeairforce.org/?page=cms/index&cms_page=122 |date=July 24, 2011 }} ''Commemorative Air Force''. Retrieved: April 3, 2011.</ref><ref name="TStHA">{{cite web |author=Leatherwood, Art |title=COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/vtc01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910144936/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/vtc01 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=June 30, 2015 |publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]]}}</ref> In 1958, the group made their second purchase: two [[Grumman]] [[F8F Bearcats]]<ref name="TStHA" /> for $805 each. Along with the P-51, this gave the pilots two of the most-advanced piston-engine fighters to see service with the [[U.S. Army Air Forces]] and the [[United States Navy]].

In 1960, the CAF began to seriously search for other World War II aircraft. The CAF colonels were shocked to find that the aircraft which played such a major role in winning World War II were being rapidly and systematically scrapped as obsolete with no efforts, not even by the [[U.S. Air Force|Air Force]] or [[U.S. Navy|Navy]], to preserve any for display for future generations. The [[warbird]]s that remained airworthy were mostly in private hands modified for air racing or had been converted for commercial use as air freighters and aerial firefighters.

On September 6, 1961, the CAF was chartered as a nonprofit [[Texas]] corporation to restore and preserve World War II-era combat aircraft.<ref name="NBCMove">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Commemorative-Air-Force-Moving-Headquarters-to-Dallas-257174091.html |title=Commemorative Air Force Moving Headquarters to Dallas |publisher=NBC |date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2015 |author=[[Associated Press]] |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062429/http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Commemorative-Air-Force-Moving-Headquarters-to-Dallas-257174091.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By the end of the year, the CAF owned nine aircraft. By 1963, the group had achieved their initial goal of acquiring one of each fighter plane operated by U.S. forces during World War II.<ref name="TStHA" /> They held their first airshow on March 10, 1963.<ref name="AIRSHO">{{cite web |url=http://airsho.org/ |title=AIRSHO |publisher=Commemorative Air Force |access-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704123558/http://www.airsho.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Boeing B-29 Superfortress (19926000422).jpg|thumb|right|The CAF added the B-29 ''[[FIFI (aircraft) |FIFI]]'' in the 1970s.]]
In 1965, the first museum building was completed at old Rebel Field, [[Mercedes, Texas]]. The CAF created a new Rebel Field at [[Harlingen, Texas]], and moved there in 1968,<ref name="TStHA" /> occupying three large buildings including {{convert|26000|sqft|m2}} of museum space. By the end of the decade, the CAF fleet had added medium and heavy bombers such as the [[North American B-25 Mitchell]], [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17]], [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]]. In 1971, they bought one of the two airworthy [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]]es, ''[[FIFI (aircraft)|FIFI]]''.

In 1976, the CAF sponsored an air show in Harlingen, Texas in which a B-29 bomber piloted by [[Paul Tibbets]], the pilot who flew the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima during World War II, reenacted the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (including a mock mushroom cloud). This air show prompted the Japanese government to lodge a formal complaint with the United States Embassy, resulting in the U.S. government issuing an apology.<ref name="NYTHiro">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/15/archives/us-apologizes-to-japan-for-show-that-reenacted-hiroshima-attack.html |title=U.S. Apologizes to Japan for Show That Re-enacted Hiroshima Attack |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 15, 1976 |access-date=March 14, 2019 |pages=10 |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709020422/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/15/archives/us-apologizes-to-japan-for-show-that-reenacted-hiroshima-attack.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1983, the American Airpower Heritage Foundation was founded to financially support the CAF.<ref name="TStHA" />

The group's accomplishments were recognized in 1989 with a [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] Spirit of Flight Award.<ref name="SOF">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalaviation.org/SOF/ |title=Milton Caniff Spirit of Flight Award |publisher=National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701051359/http://www.nationalaviation.org/SOF/ |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> That year, [[Governor of Texas|Texas Governor]] [[William Clements]] signed a resolution designating the CAF the air force of Texas.<ref name="TStHA" />

In 1990, the CAF added two corporations.<ref name="TStHA" /> The first was the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, tasked with obtaining and maintaining the CAF's [[vehicle title|aircraft titles]]. The second was the [[American Airpower Heritage Museum]], which acquired and maintained the CAF's non-aircraft pieces and static displays.<ref name="TStHA" /> In September 1990, CAF joined a statewide anti-littering campaign ([[Don't Mess With Texas]]), filming a low-level, high-speed pass of the B-17 ''Sentimental Journey'' on a mock bombing run of a highway-littering pickup truck, as part of a 30-second television spot.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://avgeekery.com/watch-you-dont-mess-with-texas-or-a-b-17g-flying-fortress/ |title=WATCH: You Don't Mess With Texas or a B-17G Flying Fortress |date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2023 |author=Walton, Bill |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801002317/https://avgeekery.com/watch-you-dont-mess-with-texas-or-a-b-17g-flying-fortress/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:That's All Brother May 2019.jpg|thumb|right|The CAF C-47 ''[[That's All, Brother]]'' was the plane that led the parachute assault on Normandy during [[D-Day]].]] In 1991, the CAF moved operations to [[Midland, Texas]],<ref name="NBCMove"/> where the group opened the [[CAF Airpower Museum]] and the American Combat Airman Hall of Fame. 

In April 2014, the CAF announced the move of their headquarters and all of the planes associated with the headquarters to [[Dallas Executive Airport]] in Dallas, Texas.<ref name="NBCMove"/><ref name="AOPA">{{cite web |url=http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/April/29/CAF-HQ-moving-to-Dallas-Executive |title=CAF headquarters moving to Dallas Executive |publisher=Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2015 |author=Collins, Mike |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617072437/http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/April/29/CAF-HQ-moving-to-Dallas-Executive |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CBSExec">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/the-commemorative-air-force-relocates-to-oak-cliff/ |title=The Commemorative Air Force Relocates To Oak Cliff |publisher=CBS |date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2015 |author=Gillett, Bud |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015062222/https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/the-commemorative-air-force-relocates-to-oak-cliff/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum and its artifacts (including the nose art collection) were moved to the new headquarters,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cbs7.com/news/article_279a7c98-8185-11e4-8699-638fa7cff786.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141228110331/http://cbs7.com/news/article_279a7c98-8185-11e4-8699-638fa7cff786.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |title=CAF Announces Plans to Move Equipment, Museum Artifacts to Dallas |publisher=CBS |date=December 11, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2015 |author=Rist, Matthew}}</ref> which it operates as the Henry B. Tippie [[National Aviation Education Center]].

In 2015, the CAF acquired the C-47 ''[[That's All, Brother]]'', the plane that led the parachute assault on Normandy during [[D-Day]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergqvist |first1=Pia |title=Return to the Front Line |url=https://www.flyingmag.com/c47-thats-all-brother-restoration/ |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705112847/https://www.flyingmag.com/c47-thats-all-brother-restoration/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mission: Normandy |url=https://thatsallbrother.org/ |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722080012/https://thatsallbrother.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Accidents and incidents===
On September 28, 1995, a [[Martin B-26 Marauder]] operated by CAF crashed near [[Odessa, Texas]], killing all five crew members.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113029937/vintage-crafts-luck-runs-out-on-eve-of/ |title=Vintage craft's luck runs out on eve of show |first=Cathy |last=Frye |newspaper=[[Odessa American]] |location=[[Odessa, Texas]] |page=1 |date=September 29, 1995 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114021847/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113029937/vintage-crafts-luck-runs-out-on-eve-of/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[NTSB]] found that the pilot failed to maintain minimum airspeed.<ref name=inc>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/sports/2022/11/13/6-killed-after-vintage-aircraft-collide-at-dallas-air-show/?p1=hp_secondary |title=Investigation underway over midair crash at Dallas air show |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |website=[[Boston.com]] |date=November 13, 2022 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114021839/https://www.boston.com/news/sports/2022/11/13/6-killed-after-vintage-aircraft-collide-at-dallas-air-show/?p1=hp_secondary |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19254/pdf |title=Aviation Investigation Final Report: FTW95FA406 |agency=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |website=NTSB.gov |date=August 20, 1996 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114072611/https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19254/pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

On April 14, 2001, the CAF pilot of a [[Fairchild PT-19|Fairchild PT-19A]] was killed in a crash shortly after takeoff at [[Midland International Airport]]; the plane's one passenger survived.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113030640/authorities-continue-investigation-of-pl/ |title=Authorities continue investigation of plane crash that killed Midland man |newspaper=[[Odessa American]] |location=[[Odessa, Texas]] |page=1B |date=April 17, 2001 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807045630/https://www.newspapers.com/article/113030640/authorities-continue-investigation-of-pl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The NTSB cited the pilot's "failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52066/pdf |title=Aviation Investigation Final Report: FTW01FA100 |agency=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |website=NTSB.gov |date=April 18, 2003 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114071110/https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52066/pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

On May 14, 2001, both CAF crew members aboard a [[Vultee BT-13 Valiant|Vultee BT-13A]] died in a crash southeast of Odessa, Texas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113030906/two-die-in-plane-crash/ |title=Two die in plane crash |newspaper=[[Odessa American]] |first=Scott |last=Freeman |location=[[Odessa, Texas]] |page=1 |date=May 15, 2001 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114023236/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113030906/two-die-in-plane-crash/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The NTSB found that the pilot failed to maintain minimum airspeed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52257/pdf |title=Aviation Investigation Final Report: FTW01FA117 |agency=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |website=NTSB.gov |date=August 26, 2002 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114054054/https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52257/pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 16, 2005, a [[PT-26 Cornell]] operated by CAF crashed in [[Williamson, Georgia]], killing both crew members.<ref name=inc/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113030195/caf-mourns-members-lost-in-georgia-plane/ |title=CAF mourns members lost in Georgia plane crash |first=David J. |last=Lee |newspaper=[[Odessa American]] |location=[[Odessa, Texas]] |page=1 |date=June 17, 2005 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807045630/https://www.newspapers.com/article/113030195/caf-mourns-members-lost-in-georgia-plane/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The NTSB found that the pilot "attempted a takeoff with [[Flap (aeronautics)|flap]]s extended."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61737/pdf |title=Aviation Investigation Final Report: ATL05FA098 |agency=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |website=NTSB.gov |date=January 31, 2006 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114062601/https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61737/pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 12, 2022, during the Wings Over Dallas airshow, two planes owned and operated by CAF—a [[Bell P-63 Kingcobra|Bell P-63F]] and the Boeing B-17G ''[[Texas Raiders]]''—suffered [[2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision|a mid-air collision]] that killed six people.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2022/11/13/6-killed-after-vintage-aircraft-collide-at-dallas-air-show/ |title=6 killed after vintage aircraft collide at Dallas air show |first1=LM |last1=Otero |first2=Jill |last2=Bleed |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |website=[[Boston.com]] |date=November 13, 2022 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225052434/https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2022/11/13/6-killed-after-vintage-aircraft-collide-at-dallas-air-show/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Membership==
{{as of|2020}}, the Commemorative Air Force had more than 13,000 members,<ref name=CAFMain></ref> in more than 70 regional groups, called wings or detachments, in 27 states and five countries.<ref name="WBNews">{{cite web |url=http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/warbird-collections/commemorative-air-force-news/director-operations-caf.html |title=New Director of Operations for the CAF |publisher=Warbirds News |date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726122407/http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/warbird-collections/commemorative-air-force-news/director-operations-caf.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Several hundred members actively serve as pilots and flight and/or maintenance crew members committed to preserving American combat aviation heritage. The CAF is an all-volunteer organization, made up of members from all backgrounds. Membership is open to everyone age 18 or older, and cadet membership is available for those over 12 years of age. Although a [[501(c)(3)]] nonprofit, tax-exempt group,<ref name="WBNews"/><ref name="NPstatus">{{cite web |url=http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/images/Financials/CAF_IRS_501c3_letter.pdf |title=CAF_IRS_501c3_letter.pdf |access-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205644/http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/images/Financials/CAF_IRS_501c3_letter.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the CAF has received financial incentives from state and local governments to move to Dallas and operate in Midland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sao.texas.gov/SAOReports/ReportNumber?id=15-013 |title=Texas State Auditor's Office - Summary of Report 15-013 |access-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025045341/https://www.sao.texas.gov/SAOReports/ReportNumber?id=15-013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oaoa.com/premium/article_95c86952-b63a-11e4-90c6-f316854fcf27.html |title=Commemorative Air Force Loses State Money |newspaper=Odessa American |date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=October 24, 2016 |author=Vanderlaan, Jon |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415010241/http://www.oaoa.com/premium/article_95c86952-b63a-11e4-90c6-f316854fcf27.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2014/11/03/dallas-council-panel-backs-incentives-for-commemorative-air-force |title=Dallas council panel backs incentives for Commemorative Air Force |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=October 24, 2016 |author=Appleton, Roy |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024223116/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2014/11/03/dallas-council-panel-backs-incentives-for-commemorative-air-force |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-hall/2014/11/12/council-approves-relocation-grant-to-commemorative-air-force |title=Dallas City Council approves relocation grant to Commemorative Air Force |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=October 24, 2016 |author=Appleton, Roy |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024215401/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-hall/2014/11/12/council-approves-relocation-grant-to-commemorative-air-force |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Organization==
The American Airpower Heritage Group is the parent organization and is made up of four corporations:<ref>{{cite web |title=Dallas Executive Airport: Past, Present and Future |url=http://dallascityhall.com/government/Council%20Meeting%20Documents/2015/ECO_DallasExecutiveAirportPPF_110314.pdf |website=City of Dallas |publisher=Economic Development Committee |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608004816/https://dallascityhall.com/government/Council%20Meeting%20Documents/2015/ECO_DallasExecutiveAirportPPF_110314.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The Commemorative Air Force, the membership association
*A foundation that controls the financial assets and endowment
*A museum that manages the non-flying artifacts
*A flying museum that operates the flying aircraft

==Name==
The original name, Confederate Air Force, alluding to the [[Confederate States of America]], started as a joke about the organization's ragtag beginnings. As the collection of warbirds at Central Valley Airport in [[Mercedes, Texas]], started to grow, one member painted the name on the side of the original [[North American P-51 Mustang]] ''Red Nose''. The name stuck, and it grew to the point where the airport was renamed Rebel Field, all members were called "[[colonel]]s" (a tradition which still remains), and it led to the creation of a fictitious leader named Colonel Jethro E. Culpepper. A [[blood chit]] written on the backs of flight suits and flight jackets stated, "This is a CAF aviator. If found lost or unconscious, please hide him from [[Yankee]]s, revive with [[mint julep]] and assist him in returning to friendly territory. CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE."
[[Image:T6texantotero convert.jpg|thumb|right|[[T-6 Texan]] converted to resemble a [[A6M Zero|Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] as flown by the Commemorative Air Force's Tora! Tora! Tora! group]]

In November 2000, the group voted to rename, using the initials "CAF" until a permanent name was selected.<ref name=apnewsren/> Following a 2001 membership vote, the group changed its name to "Commemorative Air Force", effective January 1, 2002.<ref name="TStHA" /> Many felt the name Confederate Air Force was confusing, did not accurately reflect the purpose of the organization, and was detrimental to fundraising efforts.<ref>[http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/news/2001/nr-01-1207.html "CAF News 2001 Press Release."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927050333/http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/news/2001/nr-01-1207.html |date=September 27, 2007 }} ''Commemorative Air Force''. Retrieved: August 14, 2007.</ref> According to CAF chief of staff Ray Kinney, "In many people's minds, the word 'confederacy' brings up the image of slavery and discrimination. We, in no way, are associated with that kind of stuff. So, it gives us, in a way, a black eye."<ref>{{cite news |title=Confederate Air Force adopts another name |url=http://amarillo.com/stories/2001/12/08/tex_confederate.shtml |access-date=18 August 2020 |work=Amarillo.com |agency=AP |date=8 December 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106095440/http://amarillo.com/stories/2001/12/08/tex_confederate.shtml |archive-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>

==Aircraft==
[[File:N61429 (7810308426).jpg|thumb|right|P-51C Mustang in [[Tuskegee Airmen]] markings]]
[[Image:B-24 'Diamond Lil'.jpg|thumb|B-24 "Diamond Lil" from the Commemorative Air Force collection. Airframe was returned to B-24A configuration in 2007.<ref>[http://www.cafb29b24.org/lilhist.html "CAF "Diamond Lil" back to B-24A configuration."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929035006/http://www.cafb29b24.org/lilhist.html |date=September 29, 2007 }} ''Commemorative Air Force''. Retrieved: August 14, 2007.</ref>]]
[[File:B17 - Chino Airshow 2014 (framed).jpg|thumb|right|The CAF B-17G ''[[Sentimental Journey (aircraft)|Sentimental Journey]]'' tours annually from her base at [[Falcon Field (Arizona)|Falcon Field]] in [[Mesa, Arizona]].<ref>[http://www.azcaf.org/pages/aircraft_bios/B-17G_FlyFort.html Boeing B-17G "Flying Fortress"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512173732/http://www.azcaf.org/pages/aircraft_bios/B-17G_FlyFort.html |date=May 12, 2009 }}.</ref>]]
[[File:North American T-6 Texan - Nella (07).jpg|right|thumb|T-6 Texan, named ''Nella'', ready for take-off]]
{{As of|2022}}, the CAF owned 179 aircraft, a collection known as the CAF Ghost Squadron.<ref>[http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/info/facts.html "CAF Facts and Information."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703210227/http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/info/facts.html |date=July 3, 2007 }} ''Commemorative Air Force''. Retrieved: July 22, 2007.</ref> Its aircraft range from the small [[Stinson Aircraft Company|Stinson L-5 Sentinel]] and [[Ryan PT-22]] to the giant Boeing B-29 Superfortress; the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; and the Consolidated Liberator B Mk I/B-24A Liberator AM927. Many of the CAF aircraft are rare; the CAF operates one of only two flying examples of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and the only remaining flightworthy [[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver]]. Others, such as the [[Consolidated B-24|B-24/LB-30 Liberator]]; the Japanese [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero]]; and the Douglas SBD Dauntless are one of only two or three of that type left flying today. The CAF also operates [[Axis Powers|Axis]] and [[Warsaw Pact]] aircraft such as the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG 17 Fresco C]].

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*[[Aeronca L-3|Aeronca L-3E Defender]] ''LIL' Show Me''
*[[Aeronca L-16]]A - Airbase Arizona
*[[Aichi D3A|Aichi D3A ''Val'']] dive bomber replica ([[North American T-6 Texan|North American SNJ]] conversion)
*[[Beechcraft Model 18|Beechcraft 18/C-45/SNB/JRB]]
**Beech AT-11 Kansan
**[[Beechcraft D-18S]] ''A-235'' - Airbase Arizona
**Beechcraft UC-45J Navigator "SoNoran Beauty" ''51242'' - Central Texas Wing
**C-45 expeditor "Lil Raider"
**C-45 expeditor C/N: 67124
**C-45 expeditor "Spirit of West Texas"
**C-45 expeditor "Yellow Belly"
**C-45 expeditor "Bucket of Bolts"
*[[Beech T-34A Mentor]] (A-45)
** T-34 N6849C
** T-34 N802HV 
** T-34 N687HV
** T-34 N88RM
** T-34 N5374W
** T-34 N6849C
*[[Bell P-39 Airacobra|Bell P-39Q Airacobra]] ''42-19597'' - Central Texas Wing
*Bell P-63
**[[Bell P-63 Kingcobra|Bell P-63A-6-BE Kingcobra]] ''42-68941'' - Airbase Georgia
*[[Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet]] (USN N2S)
**[[Stearman N2S]]-4 ''c/n 75-4894'' - Airbase Arizona
**Stearman N2S ''c/n 75-8291'' - Utah Wing<ref name="N1387V">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafutahwing.org/stearman-n2s.html |title=CAF Stearman - Commemorative Air Force - Utah Wing |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312050511/http://www.cafutahwing.org/stearman-n2s.html |archive-date=March 12, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]]
**Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ''[[Sentimental Journey (aircraft)|Sentimental Journey]]'' 44-83514 - Airbase Arizona
*[[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]] '[[FIFI (aircraft)|'Fifi']] ''44-62070''
*[[Cessna 165|Cessna UC-94/C-165]] (Airmaster)
*[[Cessna AT-17|Cessna UC-78 Bobcat]] ([[Royal Canadian Air Force|RCAF]] Crane) ''1632'' - Wright Stuff Squadron
*Cessna UC-78B Bobcat ''43-32578'' - Jayhawk Wing
*[[Cessna T-37|Cessna T-37B]] '59-0383' gate guard at Highland Lakes Squadron
*[[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated B-24A/LB-30/Liberator I/C-87]] 40-2366 ''Diamond Lil'' (ex-RAF AM927)
*[[Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina]] ''BuNo 64092'' - Lake Superior Squadron
*Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina ''BuNo 64097'' - Lake Superior Squadron
*[[Curtiss C-46 Commando|Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando]] ''China Doll'' ''44-78663'' - Southern California Wing 
*[[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] (Kittyhawk and Tomahawk)
**Curtiss P-40N Warhawk ''c/n 29629'' (ex-RCAF 867)
*[[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver|Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver]] ''BuNo 83589'' - Cactus Squadron/West Texas Wing
*[[De Havilland Moth Minor|De Havilland DH-94 Moth Minor]] ''c/n N94DH'' - Rio Grande Valley Wing
*[[de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk]]
*[[Douglas A-26 Invader|Douglas A-26/B-26 Invader]]
**Douglas A-26B-35-DL Invader ''Spirit of Waco'' ''[[Douglas A-26 survivors|41-39427]]'' - CAF Invader Squadron
**Douglas A-26C-40-DT Invader ''Daisy Mae'' ''[[Douglas A-26 survivors|44-35643]]'' - Sierra Hotel A-26 Group
**Douglas A-26C Invader ''Lady Liberty'' ''[[Douglas A-26 survivors|41-39230]]'' - Lady Liberty Squadron
*[[Douglas B-23 Dragon]] on display at CAF Headquarters
*Douglas DC-3/C-47/C-53/R4D
**[[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] ''[[That's All, Brother]]'' ''42-92847'' – Texas Wing
**[[Douglas C-53 Skytrooper|Douglas C-53D-DO/DC-3A Skytrooper]] ''D-Day Doll'' ''42-68830'' - Inland Empire Wing
**[[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas R4D-6/C-47J Skytrain]] ''Ready 4 Duty'' ''BuNo 50783'' - Dallas/Fort Worth Wing
**Douglas C-47 Skytrain "Old Number 30"
**Douglas C-47 Skytrain "Texas zephyr"
** AC-47 "Spooky"
*[[Douglas SBD Dauntless|Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless]] ''BuNo 54532''<ref>Wood, Keith, [http://www.warbirds-eaa.org/featured/12Featured%20Articles%20-%20Vol.32,%20No.%2008-%20December%202009%20Flying%20the%20Ghost%20SBD%20Dauntless.pdf Flying the Ghost - SBD Dauntless] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407082234/http://www.warbirds-eaa.org/featured/12Featured%20Articles%20-%20Vol.32,%20No.%2008-%20December%202009%20Flying%20the%20Ghost%20SBD%20Dauntless.pdf |date=April 7, 2014 }}, December 2009, pp.11-14</ref> 
*[[ERCO Ercoupe]]
*[[Fairchild PT-19]], [[PT-23]] and [[PT-26]]
**Fairchild PT-19A - Southern California Wing
**Fairchild PT-19A ''42-83435'' - Birmingham Escadrille
**Fairchild PT-23A-HO ''42-49250'' - Southern California Wing
**Fairchild PT-26 - Wisconsin Wing
**[[Fairchild Cornell]] ''42-65935'' - Highland Lakes Squadron
*[[Fairchild UC-61 Argus]]/Forwarder
*[[Fairchild 24|Fairchild F-12R46 Argus]] - Southern California Wing
*Fairchild F-12R Argus - High Sky Wing (painted as J2K)
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*[[Fleet 16B Finch]] ''c/n 383'' - Rio Grande Valley Wing
*[[Focke-Wulf Fw 44|Focke-Wulf Fw 44J ''Stieglitz'' ''RF+GJ'']] - Rio Grande Valley Wing
*[[Vought F4U Corsair|Goodyear FG-1D Corsair ''530'']] ''[[List of surviving F4U Corsairs|BuNo 92468]]'' - CAF Corsair Sponsor Group, Airbase Georgia
*[[Grumman AF-2S Guardian]] ''BuNo 126731'' - Airbase Arizona
*[[Grumman TBM Avenger|Grumman Avenger]]
**Grumman/General Motors TBM-3E Avenger ''[[List of surviving Grumman TBF Avengers|BuNo 53353]]'' - Missouri Wing
**Grumman/General Motors TBM-3S Avenger ''BuNo 53503'' - Rocky Mountain Wing
**Grumman/General Motors TBM-3S Avenger ''BuNo 91426'' - National Capital Squadron
*[[Grumman F4F Wildcat|Grumman/General Motors FM-2 Wildcat]] ''BuNo 86819'' - Airbase Arizona
*[[Grumman F6F Hellcat|Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat]] ''Minsi III'' - Southern California Wing
*[[Grumman F8F Bearcat|Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat]] ''BuNo 122674'' - Southern California Wing
*[[Grumman S2F Tracker|Grumman S-2B Tracker]] ''BuNo 136404'' - Old Dominion Squadron (status unknown, crashed 2007)
*[[Hawker Sea Fury|Hawker Sea Fury FB.10]] ''c/n 41H-696792'' (ex Royal Navy WJ288) - Memphis Squadron
*[[Interstate L-6 Grasshopper]]
<!--for Junkers Ju 52 see CASA-->
*[[Lockheed C-60 Lodestar]] 
**Lockheed Model 18-50 Lodestar ''c/n 18-2274'' - Hampton Roads, Virginia, painted as ''255884''
**Lockheed C-60 Lodestar ''Goodtime Gal 42-56005'' ''c/n 18-2478'' - Houston Wing	
*[[Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon]]
*[[Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]]
*[[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4N Phantom II]] ''BuNo 153016'' - Airbase Arizona
*[[Messerschmitt Bf 108]] ''Taifun'' German liaison/trainer
*[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]]UTI ''012'' - Airbase Arizona
*[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]]bis ''4415'' - Airbase Arizona
*[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17]] - Airbase Arizona
*[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]]PF Fishbed-D ''507'' - Airbase Arizona
*[[Mitsubishi A6M Zero|Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 "Zero"]] Japanese carrier fighter - Southern California Wing
*Mitsubishi "Zero" fighter replica ([[North American Harvard]] conversion)
*[[Fieseler Fi 156 Storch|Morane-Saulnier MS-502]] painted as Fieseler Fi 156 Storch ''s/n 361'' - Delaware Valley Wing
*[[Nakajima B5N]] "Kate" torpedo bomber replica ([[Vultee BT-13 Valiant]] conversion)
*[[Naval Aircraft Factory N3N]]-3 - West Houston Squadron
*Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 ''N4009A'' - High Sierra Squadron 
*[[North American AT-6 Texan]] ([[US Navy|USN]] [[T-6 Texan|SNJ]], [[RAF]] [[North American Harvard|Harvard]], various models)
**North American Harvard II ''c/n 81-4099'' - Inland Empire Wing
**North American SNJ-4 Texan ''c/n 88-13041'' - Buffalo Heritage Squadron
**North American SNJ-4 Texan ''c/n 88-13517'' - Highland Lakes Squadron
**North American SNJ-4 Texan ''c/n 88-10177'' - Southern California Wing
**North American SNJ-5 Texan ''c/n 88-16676''/''42-84895''/''BuNo 84865'' - Southern California Wing
**North American SNJ-5 Texan ''BuNo 90725'' - Airbase Arizona
**North American SNJ-6 Texan ''BuNo 112180'' - Minnesota Wing
*[[North American B-25 Mitchell]]
**North American B-25J-5-NC ''Yellow Rose'' ''[[North American B-25 Survivors|43-27868]]'' - Central Texas Wing
**North American B-25J-10-NC ''Maid in the Shade'' ''[[North American B-25 Survivors|43-35972]]'' - Airbase Arizona
**North American B-25J-20-NC ''Miss Mitchell'' ''[[North American B-25 Survivors|44-29869]]'' - Minnesota Wing
**North American B-25J-30-NC/PBJ-1J ''Semper Fi'' ''[[North American B-25 Survivors|44-30988]]'' - Southern California Wing
**North American B-25J-30-NC ''Show Me'' ''[[North American B-25 Survivors|44-31385]]'' - Missouri Wing
**North American B-25J-32-NC ''Devil Dog'' ''[[North American B-25 Survivors|44-86758]]'' - Devil Dog Squadron
*[[North American NA-64 Yale]] (painted as BT-14)
*[[North American P-51 Mustang]]
**North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang ''Tuskegee Airmen'' ''42-103645'' - Red Tail Squadron
**North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang ''Man-O-War'' ''44-72739'' - Southern California Wing 
**North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang ''Red Nose'' ''44-73843'' - Airbase Georgia
*[[North American T-28 Trojan]]
*[[North American F-100|North American F-100F super sabre]] '56-3990' - static display at Highland Lakes Squadron
*[[Northrop T-38|Northrop T-38A talon]] '60-0594' - static display at Highland Lakes Squadron
*[[Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser|Piper L-4F]]
*[[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|Republic P-47N-5-RE Thunderbolt]] ''[[Republic P-47 Survivors|44-88548]]'' - Airbase Georgia (under restoration)
*[[Ryan PT-22 Recruit]]
**Ryan PT-22 Recruit ''41-1902'' - Minnesota Wing
*[[Ryan L-17 Navion]]
**Ryan Navion A ''N444AC'' - Highland Lakes Squadron<ref>[http://hlscaf.sharepoint.com/Pages/AircraftL19.aspx North American L-17 Navion] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407110531/http://hlscaf.sharepoint.com/Pages/AircraftL19.aspx |date=April 7, 2014 }} Accessdate:4 April 2014</ref>
*[[Sikorsky H-19|Sikorsky UH-19D-2-Sl Chickasaw]] ''54-1416'' helicopter
*[[Schweizer TG-3A]] training glider - Airbase Arizona
*[[Stinson AT-19 Reliant]] (Royal Navy) - Carolinas Wing
*[[Stinson 108]] ([[World War II]] [[Civil Air Patrol]])
*[[Stinson L-5 Sentinel]] ([[US Navy|USN]]/[[US Marines|Marines]] OY)
**Stinson L-5E-1-VW/OY-2 Sentinel ''Carin' Belle'' ''44-18143''/''BuNo 04013'' - Ohio Valley Wing
**Stinson L-5 Sentinel ''c/n 76-0272'' - Dallas/Fort Worth Wing
**Stinson L-5 Sentinel ''Frozen Assets'' ''42-98667'' - Minnesota Wing
*[[Stinson Reliant|Stinson AT-19 Reliant]]
*[[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe ''NH749'']] - Southern California Wing
*[[Taylorcraft L-2]]
*[[Vultee BT-13|Vultee BT-13/BT-15/SNV]]
**Vultee BT-13A ''41-11538'' - Minnesota Wing
*[[Vultee BT-13A Valiant]]
**Vultee BT-13A ''41-21178'' - Gulf Coast Wing
*[[Vought A-7]] ''72-0188'' - static display at Highland lakes wing
*[[Yakovlev Yak-3]]UA - Southern California Wing
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==AIRSHO==<!-- "AIRSHO" is the proper spelling for this event. Please do not 'fix' it.-->
[[File:CAFAirshowFormation.jpg|thumb|right|Formation pass during the 2008 CAF AIRSHO]]

AIRSHO is a yearly event at [[Midland International Airport]] showcasing the CAF's aircraft.<ref name="AIRSHO"/> Because its aircraft tend to be spread out over large geographic distances, and most Ghost Squadron aircraft rarely fly more than a few hours from their home base, AIRSHO is also an opportunity for CAF members to meet up. Ghost Squadron aircraft usually attend AIRSHO every other year. The CAF AIRSHO is the largest [[warbird]] air show in the world, with more than eighty warbirds flying per show.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

==Wings and squadrons==
The CAF has more than 80 wings and squadrons. Starting in 2013, a limited number of larger units may be designated as an "airbase." The first is Airbase Arizona, located at [[Falcon Field (Arizona)|Falcon Field]] in [[Mesa, Arizona]] and redesignated in June 2013. Most CAF units are in the United States, but there are three outside the country.

===US wings and squadrons===
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*Alabama
**Birmingham – Birmingham Escadrille<ref name="CAFUnitMap">{{cite web |url=https://commemorativeairforce.org/units |title=CAF Unit Map |publisher=Commemorative Air Force |access-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520230044/https://commemorativeairforce.org/units |url-status=live }}</ref>
**Tanner – Rocket City Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Alaska
**Anchorage – Col Hunt Alaska Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Arkansas
**Little Rock – Razorback Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Arizona
**Mesa – Airbase Arizona at [[Falcon Field (Arizona)|Falcon Field]]<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*California
**Camarillo – [[CAF Southern California Wing Museum|Southern California Wing]]<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Modesto – Central California Valley Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Riverside – Inland Empire Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Upland – FM-2 Wildcat Sponsor Group<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Colorado
**Broomfield – Mile High Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Grand Junction – [[CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum|Rocky Mountain Wing]]<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Florida
**DeLand – Florida Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Lakeland – Tampa Bay Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Pensacola – Floribama Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Georgia
**Peachtree City – Airbase Georgia<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Indiana
**Indianapolis – Indiana Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Iowa
**Council Bluffs – Great Plains Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Kansas
**Kansas City – Heart of America Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Wichita – Jayhawk Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Louisiana
**Hammond – Bayou State Escadrille<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**New Orleans – Big Easy Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Minnesota
**Red Wing – Red Tail Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**South St. Paul – Minnesota Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Mississippi
**Madison – Mississippi Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Missouri
**St. Charles – Missouri Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Montana
**Bozeman – Big Sky Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Nevada
**Reno – High Sierra Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*New Hampshire
**North Hampton – New England Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*New York
**Wappingers Falls – Hudson Valley Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*New Mexico
**Albuquerque – Lobo Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Ohio
**Marysville – Buckeye Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Oklahoma
**Enid – Lady Liberty Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Guymon – Cimmaron Strip Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Oklahoma City – Sierra Hotel Sponsor Group<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Tulsa – Spirit of Tulsa Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Rhode Island
**Westerly – Sea Control Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*South Dakota
**Sioux Falls – Joe Foss Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Tennessee
**Lebanon – Music City Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Memphis – Delta Blues Squadron/Memphis Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Texas
**Aransas Pass – Maxine Flourney 3rd Coast Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Burnet – Highland Lakes Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Conroe – [[Gulf Coast Wing]]<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Corsicana – Coyote Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Dallas – P-40 Sponsor Group<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Dallas – Training Squadron One (TRARON)<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Dallas – WASP Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Dallas – B-29/B-24 Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Fort Worth – Bucket of Bolts Sponsor Group<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Fort Worth – Invader Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Gainesville – Ground Forces Detachment<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Georgetown – Devil Dog Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Granbury – Comanche Peak Sponsor Group<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Houston – [[Houston Wing]]<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Lancaster – Dallas/Fort Worth Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Marshall – Lone Star Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Midland – Blastards Detachment<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Midland – High Sky Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Midland – West Texas Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Odessa – Desert Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Pearland – Tora Sponsor Group<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**San Antonio – Tex Hill Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**San Marcos – Centex Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Utah
**Heber – [[CAF Utah Wing Museum|Utah Wing]]<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Virginia
**Culpeper – Capital Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Washington
**Everett – Rainier Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Richland – Day's Pay<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Wisconsin
**Superior – Lake Superior Squadron<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Waukesha – Wisconsin Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*National units
**EOD Detachment<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Marshalling Detachment<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
**Security Detachment<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
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===International wings and squadrons===
*France
**Saint-Ange-le-Viel — French Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*New Zealand
**Auckland — New Zealand Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>
*Switzerland
**Olten — Swiss Wing<ref name="CAFUnitMap"/>

==References==

===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite news |last1=Hillinger |first1=Charles |title=Air Force With Time Machines |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/385297799 |access-date=11 May 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 November 1979 |pages=1–2 |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511020345/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/385297799/ |url-status=live }}
*Ogden, Bob. ''Aviation Museums & Collections of North America''. London: Air-Britain, 2007. {{ISBN|0-85130-385-4}}.
{{Refend}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/ Commemorative Air Force] official site
*[http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframes.php#TheList Aerial Visuals Search Commemorative Air Force]
*[http://airnav.com/airport/5XS6/ AirNav], [http://flightaware.com/live/airport/5XS6 FlightAware] - Old Reb Airport information

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